Is your environment promoting your well-being? Or is it taking a toll on your mental health? It's essential to identify the environmental factors that can affect you psychologically.

All those things can influence the choices you make. Your environment affects how active you are, what you eat, how much you sleep and much more, and that can make or break your goals.

Your physical environment, social life and lifestyle have as much an influence on your biology − and hence, how you process drugs − as your genes.

Environmental factors such as lifestyle and the medications you take influence the effects your genes have on your body − and can clarify how diseases develop.

Q: The more I read about microplastics, the more I want to do something to lower my family's exposure to them. Any thoughts? Also, what is so much worse about microplastics than dust or pollen?

South Shore Health's Dr. Todd Ellerin says sleeping in warmer temperatures can impair your deep sleep, which is critical for humans to be well rested. The National Sleep Foundation recommends an ...